This is the place to explore breaking events and important news about the casino of North America. While there may are 23 separate countries on the continent, you will find most of them covered in our Caribbean Casino News section. While some news from Mexico will appear here, most of the articles about casinos and regulatory happenings in this section are about the Canadian and US industries. The U.S.A. has more casinos than any other place on earth, so most of the articles in this category are about them.
The U.S. and Mexico are organized by states while Canada is organized by provinces and territories. In the U.S. and Canada, we have given all Tribal and First Nation news the same weighting as if they were a single state within their respective countries.
This section provides a broad overview of all casino news in North America and the articles are always cross-referenced with more specific information about the subject matter.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will be hosting a hearing to discuss the proposed casino to be constructed on the Brockton Fairgrounds. The facility has been proposed by Mass Gaming &a...
A “proposed committee substitute” to be considered today by Florida's House Finance and Tax Committee would keep most of the proposed Seminole compact intact and expand gambling in more areas of the state. It ...
A bill floated on behalf of West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin would strip funding from the state's horse tracks four years earlier than planned, reaping an estimated $9 million a year for the general reve...
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is currently in the process of working on a new casino in the La Center area, and part of the construction consists of creating a sewer line. The tribe agreed with the city to pay for a...
The Palm Restaurant will be closing this month for renovations that will take around a year to complete. Workers of the restaurant will be displaced until the restaurant is up and running again. Wendy Hamilton,...
Rhode Island is looking to counter the competition from Massachusetts’s gambling industry by proposing to build a new casino in Tiverton, which is not very far from the Massachusetts’s state border. The Twin Ri...
According to information from the Ohio Department of Taxation, (pdf) over the past two years casino revenue for Clark and Champaign counties has remained relatively flat.
However, compared to 2013, revenue i...
Friday saw the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City come out of bankruptcy thanks to billionaire investor, Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises LP. The property had been in Chapter 11 and Icahn's buyout of the deb...
On March 1st, North America’s largest resort casino, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, will launch FoxPerx, an exciting new daily slots bonusing program for members of its Foxwood Rewards. Me...
Two former employees of the Valley Forge Casino and Resort have admitted to stealing more than $40,000 from the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania facility over approximately three years.
After pleading guilty to...
The long-fought legal battle over a state regulatory commission’s 2014 decision that led to the closure of Sioux City’s riverboat casino in Iowa may be coming to an end.
The last go round for the year-old le...
Legislation approved by a state House committee on Thursday could mean as many as four casino resorts for the state of Georgia.
A constitutional amendment asking voters to allow casinos as well as legislatio...
The Greater Atlantic City Chamber is looking to its members and area residents to build opposition to a plan to expand gambling into North Jersey.
Numerous New Jersey officials, including the entire state Se...
Maryland Live Casino often offers players the option to earn rewards as part of contests or promotions. Just recently, the casino announced that players will soon have the opportunity to go into space. The top ...
At every casino, patrons will find cocktail waitresses offering drinks during game play. At the Seminole Hard Rock Casino of Tampa, the venue is going a different route with their servers, opting to hire men th...